The splitting up of the Ramones gives us the opportunity to draw a definitive profile and to give some kind of sense to the frenetical life lived by one of the greatest band of the rock history. Some might say that we're exaggerating.

How can we consider a group that never changed anything since its start as "big"? What credibility these old rockers dressed in black leather have at the beginning of the new millennium ? These are the two criticisms that are usually made concerning the four "Big Apple Men", and that are denied by irrefutable facts: more than 2.000 concerts; about 20 albums of great quality, 3 of which are part of the rock history; thousands of groups have tried to imitate them; a look which crossed the whole world and which these days, is considered a transgression; their logo which appeared on the t-shirts of such group as Metallica, Guns 'N' Roses, Sonic Youth (who also covered their Beat On The Brat) and specially the recognition by a prestigious magazine which considered them one of the seven greatest Rock 'N' Roll bands along with Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Sex Pistols and Public Enemy while other specialized reviews defined them as "The most influential band of the last twenty years". Blitzkrieg Bop

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